RE: Volvo T-5

[Marc Gallagher <mgallagher@Langan.com>]

Must be nice to be a child of the 90's.  81' Bell Telephone Chevy Chevette.
Bought it at an auction.  Still had the yellow and blue "racing" stripes up
the hood, over the roof and down the back.  VERY popular.  I think I hit 70
once.....downhill...with a 40 mph tail wind.  Wish I had MY GLX back then.

marc

-----Original Message-----
From: Billy T. [mailto:btylaska@onramp.net]
Sent: 04 January, 2000 11:36 AM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Volvo T-5


Those T-5s are only good for a high 14 to low 15 in the 1/4.  Seems like a
remember reading a 15.3.  Faster than alot of Jettas, but not a GTI:)

Had a little run with one on the freeway a while back.  Never really opened
up,
so can't say it was a race.  Took the same exit as the kid, yes, kid...  He
couldn't have been a day over 17.  Said his Mom didn't like it, so as long
as
he kept his grades up, it was his.

I got to drive an 82' Oldsmobile station wagon with a 350 small block when I
was 17.  Got to start it with a screw driver by shorting out the solenoid on
the starter in the HS parking lot...  I was popular.

b-
Wish I had my GTI in High School.